A woman scientist believes that a newly elected Pope has more than Man's salvation on his mind—and he does. Shadows in the House with Twelve Rooms is a science fiction novel that fashions reincarnation, subliminal coercion, and genetic engineering into chains of bondage so tight, mankind may never escape. Only one genetically-enhanced family has the key to save humanity, and they’re marked for ex

Galaxy’s Edge magazine is published every two months by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor. Each issue includes a mix of new and reprinted stories, a serialization of a novel, and book reviews.

Something is incubating inside phone batteries - something hostile and ready to hatch. This discovery leads a stressed technician on a journey across thousands of miles, trying to trace the source of the conspiracy. People become pawns, friends become foes, and civilisation itself starts to crumble as he is reluctantly recruited in the fight against an unfathomable enemy.

As the Armageddon War of 2089 escalates, the United States of America and European Federation constantly vie for new advantages. The paranoia and mutual suspicion of the two combatants is at an all-time high.
Hopelessly outmatched, the United Kingdom fights its War of Independence. Its fate will be decided by a few warriors fighting in the most powerful land-based war machines ever devised.

From master of dark fantasy and sci-fi horror Ryan Notch comes all his best published stories, in one place for the first time ever.
A collection of creepy stories that swim through the liquid darkness hiding between the stars, and within each of us...

Time Lives! Forget the lifeless space/time continuum. Time is a living being on which we reside.
Two temporal physicians, Kevin and Lehla, struggle to heal Time's injuries in the 9th century in an ever-more complicated case with a finicky patient, mysterious happenings, and an forbidden romance.
Can they heal the injuries or will they permanently change Time and the future?

An employee struggles against a tyrannical and stifling corporation. A mad young scientist builds a woman with more life and will than he intended. A sheriff seeks to escape an alien-infested colony world. These are just a few of the science fiction stories you'll find in this collection.

The Plan, tells the story of one successful entrepreneurs plan for his children and what happens when he gets the shaft.
X Plan, Not Enough Wars, Camping in the Swamp, The Harappan Seal, and The Ship fill out the volume.

In the heart of a monster sandstorm, the people of a desert land unknowingly fight for their lives against vengeful spirits, an army and the storm itself. Can a scout and her companion convince the land to believe in the old legends and come together before the storm destroys everything?

Having recently been annexed into the new Russian-dominated super-state called the Eurasian Federation, oil-rich Central Asia has become the heart of a bloody geopolitical cycle of revolution and counter-revolution. A Nietzschean cypherpunk anti-heroine Madame Einzige is thrust onto the Central Asian killing fields in search of a nihilistic hacker-magus kidnapped and recruited by the CIA.

The antique pendant Amy receives for her fourteenth birthday unlocks an ancient mystery and traps her inside an alien labyrinth populated with strange robots, android animals, and a central intelligence that does not want her to leave.

Two worlds. Two species. One terrifying secret.
A dystopian Earth forces humans to scour the galaxy for a new home.
The discovery of another race on the new planet is disrupting efforts to relocate the entire population.
The Indigenes, the race that occupies Exilon 5, must become human to protect their species from further harm.
A terrifying secret will change everything.

Jet finds herself going from slave owned by the Royals to honorary member of the Royal family, pretty much overnight. It doesn't take her long to figure out this is hardly a prize, and that her new role as Laksri's official consort is likely to get her killed. Meanwhile, the Ringmaster Trazen seems more determined than ever to put Jet in her place as a 'mammal' and a slave.

Star Sailor is a series of episodic short stories about a girl named Najima Dezetoiles, and her travels by raft throughout a galaxy once rocked by a terrible war.
In this episode, Najima travels to the desert planet of Nanda IV, where she meets the anti-Imperial rebel Otto al-Kara. But what are the intentions of this handsome, gun-toting terrorist in an Empire-controlled town?

A group of scientists travel to another world to study its biology and geology when an asteroid strikes the Earth and destroys the ship that was to have come to take them home again. Now, they face dwindling food supplies, dangerous animals on the plains around them, and wild weather. They must relearn ancient survival skills in a race against starvation until a rescue can come from home.

The first of the exciting Noomas Saga, three novels of adventure on a distant planet, in some unknown galaxy.
But just the beginning of his story!
Read: “Slavegirl of Noomas” & “Conquest of Noomas”
by Charles Nuetzel & Heidi Garrett

A hardened lawman tries to get himself and his lady love off a hostile colony world. An overworked student finds a nefarious shortcut to solve all her problems. An office worker constantly struggles against a fantastical stereotype. These are some of the diverse and entertaining short stories you'll find in this collection. It includes science fiction, horror, fantasy, and more.

Planet Necromorra is rocked by a great scourge. Nevonne is marching against the Immortal Forest to gain the Elixir of Immortality. He also is advancing his goal of dominating through a new religion. The only ones who can stand against him are the Seekers, an ancient body of intellectuals. Silite is torn between temptation and dedication. This story explores justice, vengeance, and redemption...

Take eight authors, edit them like they've never been edited before, and what do you get?
In Fabula-divino, the mentoring/publishing venture from Australian writer Nicole Murphy.
Along with guest stars Kevin J Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Trudi Canavan, Angela Slatter and Kaaron Warren, these speculative fiction tales will delight you.